Chapter 258 - 140: Su Ran: Both Are My Girlfriends

Chapter 258: Chapter 140: Su Ran: Both Are My Girlfriends

"Spit it out!"

Mrs. Xiao roared, making Xiao Wanqing shudder like a child who’d been caught doing something wrong.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Just let me think for a second."

To the outside world, Xiao Wanqing might have had the persona of a cool, aloof goddess, but in her mother’s eyes, she was just a simpleton.

"Heh." Mrs. Xiao took another step forward, backing Xiao Wanqing into a corner. Shaking her head with a wry smile, she said, "Oh, Xiao Wanqing, Xiao Wanqing. Is your brain filled with mush? You still need to think about a simple yes or no?"

"I..."

’What goes around, comes around,’ Xiao Wanqing cursed internally. ’Sooner or later, everyone gets what’s coming to them.’

She remembered a time back in Chongqing when Liu Jinyu had come to her for a heart-to-heart. "My mom asked if I’d slept with Su Ran," Jinyu had said. "If we’d, you know... done it. She said that’s a woman’s most precious gift and shouldn’t be given away lightly. Wanqing, what do you think?"

Back then, Xiao Wanqing and Su Ran were only good friends. Hearing her best friend’s dilemma, she had immediately given her a thumbs-up and declared righteously, "Your mom’s right. A woman can’t just give it away to anyone. Your first time is precious. Even with Su Ran, you can’t just give it away. You should save it as long as you can. So, are you still...?"

At the time, Liu Jinyu had nodded. ’Yeah, I’m still a damn virgin, pure as they come. If you were in my shoes, what would you do?’

Without a moment’s hesitation, Xiao Wanqing had replied, ’What would I do? Obviously, I wouldn’t give it up! I, Xiao Wanqing, swore an oath: all men are scumbags. Before I get married, I can have a boyfriend, sure. But no matter how handsome he is, no matter how he flirts with me or tries to sweet-talk me into bed... I’d rather get hit by a car, die of loneliness, or jump off a building than give it up before marriage!’

But in this world, has anyone ever made such a bold claim and not had it come back to bite them?

The law of eating one’s words is only ever late; it’s never absent.

And yet...

One after another, they threw themselves onto the sacrificial pyre.

She attended a funeral, made a side trip to Chuyuan, and by the time she left, it had become Buchu Garden.

A woman who has fallen in love can’t help herself.

It wasn’t that Su Ran had tricked her, either. It was that she, a woman in the throes of a new romance, had wanted it too.

Sigh...

"Not anymore."

Xiao Wanqing sighed, admitting the truth.

"Who’d you give it to?"

"Who else? The guy in the living room, obviously."

"When did this happen?"

"That last time I went to Xi’an for the funeral. I made a side trip to Jiangning, and... well... it just... happened."

The moment she heard this, Mrs. Xiao became furious and poked Xiao Wanqing sharply on the forehead.

"Xiao Wanqing, do you have any shame at all?"

"How am I shameless?"

"Your father said he was going to the funeral. He didn’t ask you to come, but you insisted. And the moment you got there, you rushed off to Jiangning. So, what, you were just going there to offer up your body, is that it?"

"It wasn’t like that. You’re reading too much into it."

"Why Su Ran? Was it because he saved your father’s life? Did you feel so indebted that you thought you had to repay him with your body?"

"It’s true love! Love! Don’t you get it?"

"Love, my ass! Can you even handle a guy like Su Ran?"

"Uhh..."

’To be honest, Xiao Wanqing had initially thought she could handle Su Ran. Then Liu Jinyu said he was too much to handle. Now, even the two of them together weren’t enough. They couldn’t just get team-wiped, right? Were they going to need four women to handle him?’

’That was just ridiculous. If word got out, not even the most sensationalist clickbait factory would dare write a headline like, "Four Female Dormmates Sacrifice Themselves to a Single Man."’

So absurd.

"Ahem... Besides Su Ran, have you been with... any other guys?"

"Mom, what are you saying? Do you think I’m some kind of slut?"

"Tch. Well, you’re acting pretty cheap. Only nineteen and you’re already..."

"Mom, I don’t appreciate you saying that," Xiao Wanqing said, her face hardening. "So what if I’m nineteen? You and Dad knew each other since you were little. I heard you were seventeen back then, still a minor. What about that, huh?"

"What are you talking about? I was of age. In fact, I had just turned eighteen that very day. It was perfectly legal."

"Heh heh... Wow, impressive. Counting down the days, were you? Were you that desperate?"

"What the—! You dare talk back to your own mother? I oughta beat you senseless! Sigh... I just don’t want you to get tricked, you silly girl. After all, your father and I knew each other since we were kids. We knew everything about each other. Can you say the same about you and Su Ran?"

"Oh, Su Ran and I know each other inside and out."

"Hmph. Is your ’inside and out’ the same as my ’inside and out’?"

"What’s that supposed to mean? Ah—Mom! Your mind is in the gutter! Anyway, Su Ran is not the kind of person you’re thinking of."

Mrs. Xiao glanced at her daughter, hopelessly lost in the river of love. It was useless to say anything more. ’Really, all women are like this,’ she thought.

Although Mrs. Xiao really liked Su Ran, liking him was one thing. They hadn’t spent much time together, and now her daughter’s happiness was on the line. It was only natural to worry. Besides, one was only a freshman and the other a sophomore. Could this really work out?

"Let me ask you this: are you with Su Ran because he’s rich?"

"No."

"Really?"

"Of course! Am I, Xiao Wanqing, the kind of woman who only cares about money and status? Even if Su Ran were broke, a complete pauper, I’d still love him!"

Mrs. Xiao chuckled. ’Ah, to be young. If he were really a pauper, I doubt any of this would have happened.’

"Fine. Su Ran is a good kid. Just handle your own affairs. As long as you don’t regret it."

"Yeah. I won’t."

"Heh."

"What are you laughing at now?"

"You’ll find out for yourself later whether you regret it or not."

With that, Mrs. Xiao pushed open the door and returned to the living room, a wide smile on her face. Su Ran watched as an embarrassed-looking Xiao Wanqing came over and sat beside him. He leaned in and whispered, "Were you and your mom talking about me in there?"

"No. We were talking about cucumbers."

"Oh..."

Su Ran noticed the blush on her face. He glanced over and saw Mrs. Xiao giving Xiao Wanqing a cold stare, but the moment Mrs. Xiao’s eyes met his, her expression immediately switched back to a smile.